?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Semantics+in+an+intelligent+control+system&rft.creator=Sloman%2C+A.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Computational+Neuroscience&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Robotics&rft.subject=Developmental+Psychology&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Syntax&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Logic&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Much+research+on+intelligent+systems+has+concentrated+on+low+level+mechanisms+or+sub-systems+of+restricted+functionality.+We+need+to+understand+how+to+put+all+the+pieces+together+in+an+%5Cul%7Barchitecture%7D+for+a+complete+agent+with+its+own+mind%2C+driven+by+its+own+desires.+A+mind+is+a+self-modifying+control+system%2C+with+a+hierarchy+of+levels+of+control%2C+and+a+different+hierarchy+of+levels+of+implementation.+AI+needs+to+explore+alternative+control+architectures+and+their+implications+for+human%2C+animal%2C+and+artificial+minds.+Only+within+the+framework+of+a+theory+of+actual+and+possible+architectures+can+we+solve+old+problems+about+the+concept+of+mind+and+causal+roles+of+desires%2C+beliefs%2C+intentions%2C+etc.+The+high+level+%60%60virtual+machine''+architecture+is+more+useful+for+this+than+detailed+mechanisms.+E.g.+the+difference+between+connectionist+and+symbolic+implementations+is+of+relatively+minor+importance.+A+good+theory+provides+both+explanations+and+a+framework+for+systematically+generating+concepts+of+possible+states+and+processes.+Lacking+this%2C+philosophers+cannot+provide+good+analyses+of+concepts%2C+psychologists+and+biologists+cannot+specify+what+they+are+trying+to+explain+or+explain+it%2C+and+psychotherapists+and+educationalists+are+left+groping+with+ill-understood+problems.+The+paper+sketches+some+requirements+for+such+architectures%2C+and+analyses+an+idea+shared+between+engineers+and+philosophers%3A+the+concept+of+%60%60semantic+information''.&rft.date=1994&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpostscript&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F721%2F2%2FAaron.Sloman_semantics.ps&rft.identifier=++Sloman%2C+A.++(1994)+Semantics+in+an+intelligent+control+system.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F721%2F